Diary for 17-02-2010
17th Getting it WHITE!
In an ideal world, there’d probably only be one White – then at least the architects would be happy. But we live in relativistic times and White is no exception. There are ‘Warm Whites’ and there are ‘Cool Whites’ and ‘Daylight Whites’. Somewhere in there there’s a ‘Neutral White’, though that doesn’t count for much because all these tones of White carry equal weight when it comes to combining Light and Colour. What we’re talking about here is Colour temperature and its very important. Sitting ...
17th Lighting Specification and Electrical Design
The Electrical Safety Council recently published an article entitled 'ELECTRICAL INTALLATIN WORK - WHO IS THE DESIGNER? (page 7 of Switched On - Issue 15). I've always taken the time to explain gently to clients that I'm only a lighting designer and that means I produce lighting layouts. They are not electrical layouts, which are a different thing entirely. As far as the authorities are concerned, I only produce a specification; its not a design at all. The&#...
17th Part L Business - old stuff!
This piece relates to the 2006 edition of Building Regulations Part L: Conservation of Fuel and Power. I'm leaving it up as a reference source only. Its still relevant as a commentary, but the compliance figures have all changed. LIGHTING SPECIFICATION AND PART L: BUILDING REGULATIONS As we all know, Part L relates to the Conservation of Fuel and Power in building design. It is there to establish energy design criteria for the specification of materials and equipment in new buildin...
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